Oh Yes We Did … do episodes of our Game of Books podcast with Five award winning and best-selling authors at Sleuthfest 2019 – Alexia Gordon, T. Jefferson…
Cathi and I got together last week and came up with a new game plan. We would alternate Wednesday blogs so that we can keep up with our…
Happy Fall! One of my favorite things about living in SD is the change of seasons. Another one of my favorite things is the SD Festival of the…
Sleuthfest 2019 registration has begun! As most of you know, Cathi and I met at Sleuthfest 2018, a limited-space mystery writer’s conference held in Boca Raton, Florida. We…
My first scene is having an identity crisis. She’s a mess. Is she Chapter one? Or is she a Prologue? She’s tried on both and is still all…
I recently blogged about being stuck on a hamster wheel, where forward progress seems, if not impossible, then darn hard. Life is messy and sometimes not designed to…
It’s back to school time. I’m starting fresh, too, and revising big time. Before I start the re-write (it’s that much of a revision), I’m deconstructing my novel…
Here’s the reality: if you’re writing a novel, and you want others to read it, you’re going to need a logline. A second dose of reality is that…
Research is a word most people don’t associate with fiction writers. With my science background, I’ve heard it a lot since it is the heart of what a…